Adu Hits Another Game Winner

For the third time this season Freddy Adu, Benfica’s American super sub scored after the 86th minute and this time he helped lift 10 man Benfica to a league win over Martimo. Adu’s fine play recently earned him a place in the squad for Benfica’s Champions League victory earlier in the week, a match Adu played 31 plus minutes in. Adu now has four goals in all competitions for Benfica, despite never having started a match.

About Kartik Krishnaiyer

A lifelong lover of soccer, the beautiful game, he served from January 2010 until May 2013 as the Director of Communications and Public Relations for the North American Soccer League (NASL).
Raised on the Fort Lauderdale Strikers of the old NASL, Krishnaiyer previously hosted the American Soccer Show on the Champions Soccer Radio Network, the Major League Soccer Talk podcast and the EPL Talk Podcast.
His soccer writing has been featured by several media outlets including The Guardian and The Telegraph. He is the author of the book Blue With Envy about Manchester City FC.
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